Definition of "nalorphine" []

• A drug, C19H21NO3, derived from morphine, used to treat respiratory depression and other effects of an overdose of narcotics. (noun)

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• "He then repeated the experiment, but added the opiate antagonists nalorphine and naloxone."
• "… if the concept of Davis and Walsh was tenable, the morphine antagonists nalorphine, naloxone, and so forth would antagonize short-term alcohol intoxication as they do specifically for morphine-like drugs.12"